Abstract
Polar auxin transport, mediated by the PIN-FORMED (PIN) class of auxin effl ux carriers, controls organ initiation in plants. In maize, BARREN INFLORESCENCE2 (BIF2) encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase co-orthologous to PINOID (PID), which regulates the subcellular localization of AtPIN1 in Arabidopsis. We show that BIF2 phosphorylates ZmPIN1a, a maize homolog of AtPIN1, in vitro and regulates ZmPIN1a subcellular localization in vivo, similar to the role of PID in Arabidopsis. In addition, bif2 mutant infl orescences have lower auxin levels later in development. We propose that BIF2 regulates auxin transport through direct regulation of ZmPIN1a during maize infl orescence development.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | pcp006 |
Pages (from-to) | 652-657 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Plant and Cell Physiology |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physiology
- Plant Science
- Cell Biology
Keywords
- Auxin transport
- Barren infl orescence2
- Maize
- PIN-FORMED
- PINOID